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How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 3 January 2011, at 7:51 p.m.

In Response To: How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3* (Timothy Chow)

I'm not sure that I follow your logic. It is the use of "assumption" (see section 6 of the tutorial) that operates by human judgment, but assumption is only an added convenience. It is not necessary for Nactation to work. It seems to me that for any play, a Nactation character can be determined by a set of rules and on those grounds is programmable (if someone were to deem such a project worthwhile).

The stumbling block is that for the trickier situations operating systems fail to distinguish lower-case and don't accept italics (at least as far as file names are concerned), but that's another issue.

Sorry that you're still offended by the S/Z convenience clause, but consider two aspects:

(1) A computer is capable of following a rule that states that S splits with the larger number or only number that can split. There is no ambiguity, and it won't explode.

(2) You can still use Z if you choose to for plays like opening 13/11 24/23 (i.e., 21Z instead of 21S), and it will be unambiguous.

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
  Philip Cherrington -- Monday, 3 January 2011, at 4:04 p.m.
  • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 3 January 2011, at 5:16 p.m.
    • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 3 January 2011, at 7:51 p.m.
      • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 12:03 a.m.
        • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
          Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 1:42 a.m.
          • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
            Matt Ryder -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 4:51 a.m.
            • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
              Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 6:15 a.m.
              • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
                Matt Ryder -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 8:21 p.m.
                • Assumption in Nactation
                  Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 11:41 p.m.
                  • Assumption in Nactation
                    Matt Ryder -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 6:06 a.m.
                    • Assumption in Nactation
                      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 8:47 a.m.
                • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
                  Stick -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 11:20 a.m.
                  • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 3:53 p.m.
                    • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
                      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 9:22 p.m.
              • Nactating irregular doublets
                Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 9 January 2011, at 7:41 a.m.
                • Nactating irregular doublets
                  Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 9 January 2011, at 6:43 p.m.
                • Nactating irregular doublets
                  Nack Ballard -- Monday, 10 January 2011, at 4:49 a.m.
                  • Thanks Nack! *NM*
                    Matt Ryder -- Tuesday, 11 January 2011, at 3:57 a.m.
          • Testing the limits of nactation
            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 3:15 p.m.
            • Testing the limits of nactation
              Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 4:20 p.m.
              • Testing the limits of nactation/ STICK question on search
                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 7:24 p.m.
                • Most number of legal plays?
                  Tom Keith -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 2:41 p.m.
                  • Most number of legal plays?
                    Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 2:49 p.m.
                  • Most number of legal plays?
                    eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 3:09 p.m.
            • Testing the limits of nactation
              Matt Ryder -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 7:39 p.m.
              • Testing the limits of nactation
                Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 1:37 a.m.
                • Testing the limits of nactation
                  Matt Ryder -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 6:25 a.m.
                  • Testing the limits of nactation
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 3:47 p.m.
                    • Testing the limits of nactation
                      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 10:53 p.m.
                    • Testing the limits of nactation
                      Matt Ryder -- Thursday, 6 January 2011, at 5:30 a.m.
            • Testing the limits of Nactation
              Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 4 January 2011, at 9:42 p.m.
            • Testing the limits of nactation
              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 5 January 2011, at 7:49 a.m.
  • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
    Nack Ballard -- Monday, 3 January 2011, at 5:32 p.m.
    • How to nactate 52S-54-g 13/9 8/3*
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 3 January 2011, at 7:34 p.m.
  • Why use Nactation?
    leobueno -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 4:49 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation?
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 5:24 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation?
      Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 5:48 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation?
      Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 5:50 p.m.
      • Why use Nactation?
        Art Grater -- Friday, 21 January 2011, at 7:56 p.m.
        • Why use Nactation?
          Nack Ballard -- Friday, 21 January 2011, at 9:07 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation?
      Tom Keith -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 6:46 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation? / backgammon informator
      higonefive -- Sunday, 16 January 2011, at 7:24 p.m.
    • Why use Nactation?
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 17 January 2011, at 9:42 p.m.